Senior IT Database Management Specialist

Job Purpose:

Maintain reliable and secure database environments by administering, optimizing, and controlling enterprise database platforms to support system availability, data integrity, and operational continuity.

Key Responsibilities

Administer enterprise database platforms using approved standards and monitoring controls to ensure availability, stability, and secure operations

Execute database backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery procedures through periodic testing to safeguard data integrity and ensure business continuity

Monitor and optimize database performance by analyzing system metrics and applying tuning techniques to improve efficiency and resource utilization

Manage database security configurations, access controls, and encryption settings in alignment with compliance requirements to protect data confidentiality and integrity

Coordinate database patching, upgrades, provisioning, and decommissioning activities through structured change management processes to maintain supported and controlled environments

Analyze database growth trends and support capacity planning activities to forecast resource requirements and ensure scalability and sustained performance

Prepare and review database health check reports by evaluating operational indicators and presenting findings to management to support informed oversight and risk mitigation

Provide database evidence, logs, configuration documentation, and technical support during internal and external audits to ensure regulatory and policy compliance

Implement and maintain database management policies, procedures, and standard operating frameworks to ensure process consistency, governance alignment, and control effectiveness

Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline

This role typically requires a minimum of 3 years of experience in database administration or similar roles

Strong hands-on experience with enterprise database platforms and operating environments

Proficiency in database performance tuning, backup, recovery, and replication methodologies

Sound understanding of database security, access control, and data protection principles